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Top 5 camera phones for Diwali

Not all smartphones are good when it comes to camera capability even though they may have similar megapixel counts. Moreover, for an occasion like Diwali you should go for a smartphone that can click pictures in low light.
These handsets are best for low light photography.

Nokia Lumia 1020

 We have chosen this one not because Priyanka Chopra pitches for it, but because it has a huge 41 megapixel primary camera that we tested very recently.
This 41 megapixel camera is armed with Pureview technology, a 1/1.5 inch sensor, BSI sensor, and optical image stabilisation feature. Besides, Nokia has used Carl Zeiss optics with a new 6 element lens comprising five plastic aspheric lens layers and one high precision glass layer. Its f/2.2 aperture allows it to capture more light, which makes it one of the best smartphones for Diwali during when you will capture images in low light only. Besides, dual LED Xenon flash adds to the charm of Lumia 1020, at least for low lighting photography.
Currently it is available for around Rs 45,000 in India. If you are not a Nokia fan, then buy Apple iPhone 5 or HTC One, which are equally great camera smartphones in this price bracket.

Sony Xperia Z1
Sony might have erred in signing Katrina Kaif as its brand ambassador for India, but it has done the right thing to arm the Xperia Z1 with a 20.7 megapixel camera with Exmor RS mobile image sensor, which is renowned for its capabilities to capture high definition images in low-lit areas. Further, the camera has the backing of G Lens. It has a 27 mm wide angle lens with F2.0 aperture that allows it to capture more light.But it is not only low light imaging that makes it so special; you can also capture videos and pictures under water; so buy it this diwali and you can use it next holi as well!Currently available for Rs 38,000, the Xperia Z1 comes with a 5 inch full HD display, Android 4.2, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage, and 64 GB micro SD card slot.

   Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

As its name suggests, it is primarily a camera with smartphone functionality. Available for around Rs 26,000, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom comes with a 16 megapixel rear camera and a 1.9 megapixel front camera. It has a BSI (Back Side Illuminated) CMOS sensor that will allow you to click pictures in dim lighting. Further, it has 10x optical zoom that will come handy this Diwali and you don't have to burn your hands while trying to get a close up of the firecracker. Thanks to its optical image stabilisation technology you don't have to tell people to stay still while you photograph them.Its other specifications are equally good. It comes with a 4.3 inch Amoled display, 1.5 GB RAM, 64 GB expandable storage, Android Jelly Bean operating system, and a 2330 mAh battery.Nokia Lumia 925 is another big contender in this price bracket, which you can consider if you don't want to go for Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom.

  

HTC Desire 500

It is quite confusing to pick out a smartphone in the Rs 10,000-20,000 range as all smartphones look more or less equal. However, we have opted for the HTC Desire 500, which has been praised by many for its 8 megapixel rear camera and 1.6 megapixel front camera.Thanks to its F2.0 aperture and 28 mm lens, the HTC Desire 500 is able to capture decent images in low light for which it gets further backup from its BSI sensor. Also, it comes armed with HTC ImageChip that is used in HTC's One series handsets, like HTC One X, One S and One V. According to HTC, it removes noise, balances colour, and extends depth of field. It has a multi-shot burst mode that allows the phone to capture many pictures with just a click. Its VideoPic feature allows it to get both videos and pictures at the same time.Besides its great camera, the HTC Desire 500 has decent features including a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, 4.3 inch touchscreen, 1800 mAh battery, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB ROM, 64 GB micro SD card slot, and Android Jelly Bean operating system.

Spice Stellar Pinnacle Pro Mi-535

Though the inclusion of this handset in this list may be opposed by many but we had opted for this over many others as it has very good features alongwith good looking an 8 megapixel autofocus rear camera and a 5 megapixel front camera.The Pinnacle Pro has a 5.3 inch touchscreen, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM, 32 GB expandable storage slot, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system, dual SIM connectivity, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 1.2 GHz quad core processor.

The first real smart watch is from India

The first real smart watch is from India, and is the cheapest

A bunch of Indian whiz-teens overtook IT giants like Apple, Google, Samsung and Sony in bringing out a fully functional smart watch. Androidly Systems, the Delhi based start-up has given the watch also the same name-Androidly. They claim it to be the  as the smallest Android device in the world.

And, who made it? A team of five who prefer to call themselves 'team of dreamers' One of them is in his late teens, the other four in early twenties! All bitten by the computer bug and the entrepreneur bug.

This is how the Android team compare themselves with other smart watch brands 

More than half a dozen smart watches are already in the market--including the much hyped Pebble from a startup of the same name, and those from giant corps like Sony and Motorola--the Sony LiveView and MotorACTV.

However, all of them are just add-ons to your smartphone. None of them work independently. They just display information from the phone--incoming texts, tweets, and other notifications.

Features  of smart watch 

1.        Androidly does everything itself. It is a fully featured Android   smartphone that you wear on your wrist. 

    In Androidly there is a phone, there is a camera, there is GPS (displayed on the tiny 2-inch screen though). You can make and receive phone calls, shoot photos with the 2-megapixel cam, and navigate routes.

There has been jeers asking if it is a 'big smartwatch' or a 'small wearable phone'? 

It’s all about optimisation and compromise.Whatever is lost in slimness is more than compensated for in functionality. Androidly runs hardware specifications found in a low-budget mini handset: 

416 MHz processor
256 MB RAM
8 GB of storage via SD card
2 megapixel camera
2-inch, 320 x 240 pixel capacitive touchscreen
GPS / aGPS, accelerometer, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GSM network support
And the machine runs on Android 2.2 Froyo

Not stunning specs in the time of quad-core and octa-core processors with other matching hardware, and Android in its 4.3 version. But remember, it doesn’t have to power a 5-inch HD display, it is just an experimental startup. Much can follow.

There has been jeers asking if it is a 'big smartwatch' or a 'small wearable phone'? 

It’s all about optimisation and compromise.Whatever is lost in slimness is more than compensated for in functionality. Androidly runs hardware specifications found in a low-budget mini handset: 

    Android will be priced around $299-$349 on open market sale; however, it is available for pre-order at the androidly website for $150 and is expected to start shipping in September.

Google unveils new Nexus 7 with Android 4.3

Google along with Asus has announced a new thinner, lighter and full 1080p HD resolution display bearing Nexus 7 tablet with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean running on it. 

                                                       New Google Nexus 7:

     

Google and ASUS have formally announced the much awaited new Nexus 7 tablet with full 1080p HD display. The new ASUS Google Nexus 7 tablet also is the first device with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update running on it out of the box. The new Nexus 7 tablet is significant improvement over the first Nexus 7 in terms of core hardware, camera, weight and mobile operating system entirely.

  Hugo Barra, director of Product Management at Android, holds the new Nexus 7 tablet during a Google event at Dogpatch Studio in San Francisco, California, July 24, 2013. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Google-ASUS team worked together to bring a 8.45 mm thin new Nexus 7 tablet weighing just 290 grams. This tablet will feature 7-inch touchscreen display with 1080p HD resolution natively. The            Nexus 7 (2012 model) featured 1280x800 pixel resolution native with pixel  density of 216 pixels per inch. That has been bumped to 1920x1200  pixel resolution natively with pixel density of 323 pixels per    inch.

ASUS has housed a quad-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Pro along with 2 GB RAM. This is a major change over the NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset with 1 GB RAM in the Nexus 7